Example sentences of "[v-ing] less time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sheer pressure of life pushes people into having less time for each other , rather than more . |
| 2 | The leaflets , softer in tone than much of the BMA campaign , suggest that hospitals that fail to compete in the new NHS market could go bankrupt ; GPs will be forced to compete for patients , with those that take on more having less time for patients ; while ‘ opted out ’ hospitals may drop some specialist services if they are not financially viable . |
| 3 | The time taken to process claims has been reduced ; the error rate is down ; and claimants are spending less time waiting . |
| 4 | Both tables show control sample clients doing better in home care : spending less time altogether in an institution , and being more likely to be living at home at the end of the two time periods . |
| 5 | Both groups patrolled around the side-walls , spending less time in the central region than when the landmarks were present ( time in central region with landmarks present versus with landmarks absent : ) . |
| 6 | For instance marital problems can often lead to not talking , spending less time together , planning separate lives . |
| 7 | As more of the field officer 's job is bureaucratized and made more ‘ scientific ’ , he finds himself spending less time on the river bank . |
| 8 | People with schizophrenia who are discharged from hospital to live with relatives who are over-critical , disapproving or who express a high level of anxiety and tension , are more likely to suffer early relapse than those returning to a neutral or tolerant atmosphere , and spending less time in daily contact with other members of the family , possibly by attending a day centre or going to work , seems to help some sufferers to cope with an emotionally charged home environment . |
| 9 | Professionals respond to reluctant , uncooperative or culturally different patients by unconsciously spending less time with them . |
| 10 | Monitoring motor activity in newborn babies , Dr McGuiness found boys to be significantly more active , spending less time asleep and performing more facial grimaces than girls . |
| 11 | He still had a low boredom threshold — which was why he was spending less time going to Equity Council meetings . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm spending less time at Rocamar and more time in London , ’ he informed her . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's happened in the last 10 years and is accelerating very fast is the fact the women are taking less time off ’ , says Michaels . |
| 14 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |